Track recent visitors to your website or blog with this iGoogle gadget which can also be added to any webpage. This gadget uses Google Maps and visitor info is provided by gVisit. A thumbnail grid of...

That aggravated assault isn't where you think it is. Due to an error with its geocoder, the Los Angeles Police Department mapped as many as 4 percent of its crimes at a single point, even if the real location was miles away.

The ProPublica Forensics API allows access to data from Propublica's investigation into the quality of autopsies across America. The API provides "state and county-level data about coroner and medical examiner systems in the United States." The RESTful API is available in JSON, XML and JSON-P formats. An astounding variety of data are available, from the ratio of autopsies to what is expected, to the number of uncertified pathologists working in a state or county system, and on and on.

Family Watchdog API allows to integrate names and locations search of sex offenders via JSON and XML formats. Family Watchdog covers all 50 states in the United States and includes Guam, Puerto Rico...